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282July 1980
$0.40

House of Mystery #282

DC · July 1980 · on sale 1980-04-22

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Series
House of Mystery (DC, 1951 series)
Issue
#282
Publication date
July 1980
Key date
1980-07-00
On-sale date
1980-04-22
Indicia publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Price
$0.40
Pages
68
Barcode
0709893053007
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Joe Kubert; inks: Joe Kubert; colors: Tatjana Wood; letters: Todd Klein
1-foreword, introduction, preface, afterword1script: Len Wein; pencils: Romeo Tanghal; inks: Romeo TanghalCain; Len Wein; Jack C. Harris
2The Lady Killer Craves Blood!comic story7script: J. M. DeMatteis; pencils: Gerry Talaoc; inks: Gerry Talaoc; colors: Adrienne RoyCain (narrator)
4I'm Off to My Funeralcomic story2script: George Kashdan; pencils: Mar Amongo; inks: Mar Amongo; colors: Jerry Serpe; letters: Christian AlbanoCain (narrator); Uncle Jedediah; Daniel
5The Computers That Saved Metropolis!illustration1pencils: Ross Andru; inks: Dick Giordano; letters: Gaspar Saladino; editing: Joe Orlando, Julius Schwartz, William M. PalmerSuperman [Clark Kent]; Major Disaster [Paul Booker]; Shanna; Alec
6The Computers That Saved Metropolis!comic story28script: Cary Bates; pencils: Jim Starlin; inks: Dick Giordano; letters: Ben Oda; editing: Joe Orlando, Julius Schwartz, William M. PalmerSuperman [Clark Kent]; Major Disaster [Paul Booker]; Shanna; Alec; Margaret Wilson; John Bardeen (Nobel scientist, cameo); William Schockley (Nobel scientist, cameo); Walter Brattain (Nobel scientist, cameo); Lana Lang
7-illustration1pencils: Ross Andru; editing: Joe Orlando, Julius Schwartz, William M. PalmerSuperman [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Shanna; Alec
8-comic story1script: Dave Manak; pencils: Dave Manak; inks: Dave Manak; letters: Dave Manak
9-letters page1letters: typeset
10Some Place Where the Sun Don't Shinecomic story6script: Bob Ingersoll; pencils: Mike Sekowsky; inks: John Celardo; colors: Jerry Serpe; letters: Shelly LefermanCain (narrator); Devil
11Volume 80 Issue 15 - Week of April 21, 1980in-house column1script: Fred Hembeck; pencils: Fred Hembeck; inks: Fred Hembeck; letters: Fred Hembeck; editing: Bob Rozakis

Plus 1 page of advertisements and other matter across 1 sequence, as published.

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